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Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each : (50 marks, 150 words)

1. (a) ‘The Battle of Plassey (1757) was a skirmish while the Battle of Buxar (1764) was a real war’. (10 marks)

1. (b) ‘The Treaty of Amritsar (1809) was significant for its immediate as well as potential effects’. (10 marks)

1. (c) ‘Famines were not just because of foodgrain scarcity, but were a direct result of colonial economic policies’. (10 marks)

1. (d) ‘Penetration of outsiders – called dikus by the Santhals – completely destroyed their familiar world, and forced them into action to take possession of their lost territory’. (10 marks)

1. (e) ‘Within a limited scope the Indian Scientists could pursue original scientific research in colonial India’. (10 marks)